[Job conditions and the current conception of occupational health nurses in industries having fewer than 1,000 employees].
A questionnaire study was carried out on 103 occupational health nurses in small and medium industries defined as having fewer than 1,000 employees in the Kanto district from August to September, 1993. Fifty-nine (59) questionnaires were collected from occupational health nurses and nine (9) of them were interviewed. The results were as follows: 1) Many of them were engaged in jobs related to medical affairs and not satisfied with the job conditions for health guidance and medication supervision because of the absence of a doctor. 2) Many of them were engaged in jobs related to health administration affairs and not engaged in safety education or present at the health committee meetings, and were not satisfied with the job conditions in health and safety education. 3) And the results of this study suggest that there is a need for two functions in medical care--those of the clinic and the pharmacy--in industries of this size and we must discuss how this should be achieved. 4) They regarded health and safety education, health guidance and health counseling as their proper jobs as occupational health nurses.
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Department of Health Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo University, Japan.
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011364:Professional Practice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires